A one-time pupil of Peter Hide, French is best known for upright, large-scale welded sculptures made of brightly painted steel.

[1] With sculptors Mark Bellows, Bianca Khan, Rob Willms, and Ryan McCourt, Andrew French is identified as part of the "Next Generation" of Edmonton Sculpture.

[2][3][4] Educated at Newbury College (England), and Kent Institute of Art & Design with a BFA in Sculpture,[1] French completed his Master of Fine Arts at the University of Alberta in 1999.

[5] French's 1999 sculpture "Pillar" is located on the University of Alberta campus,[6] his sculpture "Still Life" is in the collection of the CIty of Edmonton, installed in Belgravia Art Park[1] and his small soldered brass piece "The Abduction of St. Paul" is in the collection of the Alberta Foundation for the Arts.

[7] Andrew French is a co-founder of the North Edmonton Sculpture Workshop.